THE
BIBLE
I've narrowed down the focus of this section of the archive. The Bible
actually contains many different aspects of study. Numerics of at least three
different kinds, Faith, and of course prophecy, have been dealt with in other
sections of the archive.
Starting with the two part series, "The Old New Testament",
which authenticates New Testament Scripture, these shows on the Bible will
include, small studies not contained in other sections, and some basic tools
for understanding the Bible.
The Old New
Testament-Part One: Evidence that the New Testament manuscripts go back as
far as 68 AD and maybe before. F.F. Bruce.
The Old New
Testament-Part Two: The Magdalen papyrus. "Eyewitness to Jesus",
Thiede & D'Ancona.
More New Testament
Manuscripts: F.F.Bruce produces much evidence for the early date of the
Gospels.
Understanding
The Bible I: The Separation of the House of Israel from the House of Judah.
Understanding
The Bible II: Tool bag for study.
Understanding
The Bible III: The Ten Lost Tribes in Prophecy.
Understanding
The Bible IV: Symbolism or Face Value?
The Vail and Faith Action The Temple Vail as a type of Christ. Faith Is An Action, Essay.
Shadows:
The Old Testament is the Shadow of the New Testament.
Hebrews
Eleven: Faith Defined. Faithing is Keeping of the Sabbath. Heroes of
faithing.
Faithing.
The ABC's of faithing. A personal interpretation of Psalm 23. Comparing the
Shadow, of our world, and the Substance of God's Real world.
As Birds
Flying The amazing account of Jerusalem's liberation by General Allenby,
fulfilling 2500 year old prophecies.
The Perfect Man I
What Adam and his perfect environment were like.
The Perfect Man II
Computers, Communication and God's Hard Drive.
The Perfect Man
III Man could fly and throw lightning bolts. What's hair all about? Sex.
Another man who also had the abilities of Adam.
Salvation Study. Continuing the series on study, we'll be doing some detective work to determine the frame of reference behind some of the New Testament verses that deal with salvation.
The "Lord's" Prayer. The objective is to give a way to feel confident in understandig something you read in the Bible. Helping the listener to get behind the translation to what the writer had in mind.
Two Substitutions. Understanding and accepting the Bible is essential to the Christian walk. With two simple substitutions one can unlock over 80 percent of the Bible, and its two main ideas; God is Real, and there's a way to get back to Him.
Pi in Genesis 1:1. How could Moses construct the seven words of Genesis 1:1, spelling them exactly right in order to conceal the universal constant we all know as Pi, 3.1412+? He couldn't. But God could spell out those words for Moses, knowing that in the future each of those letters would have a number value and that only a compicated equation could reveal Pi. It was easy for God. He liked it so much that He did the same thing with John when He inspired him to write the very Greek words of John 1:1 that would conceal another universal constant, "e". Next is Galatians the way Paul might have spoken it to his spiritual children. A short Communion follows.
DaVinci Debunk. We're putting DaVinci to rest by proving the inspiration of teh Bible. If the Bible is True, then Dan Brown and the authors of Holy Bood, Holy Grail are putting out false information. I saw the movie. Tom Hanks or no, it's a piece of mediocre fiction. National Treasure is closer to the Truth. We also take Communion.
Second Meanings, Secular and Biblical. C S Lewis has some good stuff to say in his "Reflection on the Psalms. It's not just coincidence that we find secular accounts of events that predate the same type of event found in the Bible. Second meanings can be found in bothe secular and Biblical writings. And without understanding these extra messages, we're losing some important information and confirmation of Scripture. there's a simple and reasonable explanation why there are stories of a Messiah, his death and resurrection, in the myths of ancient Babylon three thousnad years before Christ.
Predestination. I want to start out 2007 on a note of Faith. We'll be taking a look at creation and predestination. How did creation happen? Was it done all at once when the Logos spoke the word, or did it happen a little at a time? If all at once, does that mean that the future set? If it is, why bother? What kind of "freedom" would that be? Maybe we can clear up some confusion on the subject of predestination. If the future is set, can we still make a difference on our own lives? That's where the faithing comes in.
We'll also address the question, "Can God sin?" Unlike the angels-on-the-pinhead issue, I think we really can find out if God can sin. It's not a dead end, like the question, "Can God make a rock so big He can't move it?" Turns out, God can sin. But at the same time, He can't.
We'll also be taking some Communion.
Good and Wise/Ephesians/Who's Saved? Three topics: 1-Jesus was NOT a great moral teacher, if he was just a man. A detailed look at the criticism of Jesus' divinity. 2-Paul as he might have read his letter to the Ephesians from the KJV. 3-Can we be sure of our, or any other human being's, salvation?